More Home Made Health and Beauty Recipes

Home Made Toothpaste

2 tablespoons Coconut Oil (a base)

1 tablespoons Baking Soda (alkaline low abrasive cleanser)

2 tablespoons Calcium Carbonate (alkaline low abrasive cleanser that aids remineralization of teeth)

½ teaspoon xylotol (natural sweetener and aids remineralization of teeth)

5-10 drops Essential oils such as orange, spearmint or cloves. These are good alone or as a blend.

I’ve been playing with this recipe and ground up a couple tablespoons of fruit flavored Tums. It tastes yummy however; the Tums were very hard to grind in my coffee grinder so calcium carbonate capsules will be my next option.

 ** xanthan gum or corn starch are good additions to thicken or you can simply add more baking soda or calcium carbonate. 

If you have dogs and are wary of using xylotol, you can also use stevia to sweeten.  Stevia  and xylotol  help to reduce the formation of plague because the bacteria in your mouth can’t use either of these sweeteners as food. Therefore, the plaque acids they produce as waste are reduced by as much as 90%. The more alkaline environment also enables your teeth to make use of the minerals present in saliva to remineralize your teeth.

Saline Nasal Spray

Per one pint of distilled water, add ½ teaspoon of non-iodized salt and ½ teaspoon of baking soda. It’s just that easy.

 I’ve been washing and reusing the saline nasal spray bottles I bought at the store. I pull them apart, wash them in hot soapy water, rinse very well, and put them back together with fresh water and then squeeze and spray into the sink for a good final rinse for the tube that does the spraying. Then I fill them with the same amount of saline solution they originally came with: 1.5 fluid ounces by weight on my digital scale. We have several bottles that I refill at a time so this works well for us.

Body Powder

Another great product you can make yourself is soothing and refreshing. Store this in a plastic container and keep in a cool dark place. You may be able to find a powder puff at a local department store.    

1 cup Corn Starch

1 cup arrowroot powder

20 drops Musk perfume oil

10 drops Bayberry essential oil

10 drops Orange essential oil

Mix all ingredients in a bowl and then whiz in a food processor for about 30 seconds. Let this sit for a few days to allow the essential oils to infuse the powder. This particular essential oils combination is very soft and pleasant. Of course, single scents are also very nice.